Nissa Basbaum

Nissa Basbaum

Priest

British Columbia

Nissa Basbaum is a parish priest in the Diocese of Niagara in the Anglican Church of Canada. Before studying theology and being ordained, she graduated from Carleton University in journalism and briefly worked as a newspaper reporter in Grand Falls, Newfoundland. It was during her time in Newfoundland that she converted from Judaism to Christianity.

It has taken 30 years of being Christian and almost 25 years of being ordained for Nissa to figure out how Jewish she really is. Much of her journey from Judaism to Christianity is documented in her book A Jewish Mother in a House of Holy Fathers: A Recipe for Living, which is yet to be published. Meanwhile, she pursues her writing as a regular contributor to the Niagara Anglican and more recently, an occasional writer for SMACA, a progressive Christian newsletter published by St. Matthew-in-the-City, Aukland, New Zealand.

Nissa and her husband, Robin Graves, are co-rectors of a parish in southern Ontario. They have two children, Ben, 20, and Rebekah, 17.

Title Date Published Categories
Life's a risk that we can't stop taking June 2008 Leadership, Liturgy, People
When it seems there is no answer October 2008 Leadership, Liturgy, People
The bumpy road of Epiphany January 2007
Eating My Way to Heaven February 2007
Unmasking Our Truths March 2007
Overshadowing Jesus: Living true leadership May 2007
Is There a Silver Lining in the Cloud? May 2007
Garden of Eden or Kitchen of Paradise? June 2007
It is time to stop being polite July 2007
Scripture is about how to live, not how to be saved July 2007
Is it working for us? September 2007
In Praise of Graceful Imperfections October 2007
Ignorance may indeed be bliss December 2007 Advent
Where goeth prophecy? January 2008
Death and incarnation December 2006
When I grow up February 2008
The other dark side of Holy Week March 2008 Lent
The Liberation of Hell April 2008
What's in a name? May 2008
Culture meets religion September 2008 Liturgy
Crowd Fever April 2007 Events, People
Telling difficult truths November 2007 Current Issues, People
A Ritual of Burning November 2008
Almost there December 2008 Christmas, Liturgy
The fall-out from a state religion January 2009 People, Social Justice
Transfiguration celebrates 50 years of ministry January 2009 Parish News
Which God is it? March 2009 Spirituality
Claiming our gifts April 2009 Ecclesiology, Leadership, Spirituality
The marriage of the sacred and the profane May 2009
Can green become too green? June 2009 Leadership, Social Justice, Stewardship
Raising the bar October 2009 Leadership, People, Spirituality
Leap and the net will appear November 2009 Leadership, People, Spirituality
How scared was I April 2010 Leadership, Spirituality
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